I got all of these from the cosmetic vendor in Bree, near the east gate. The building he is in is called the Weapons and Armour Shop. The total cost of all items, if I remember correctly, was below 20 silver. They're not great, but there are no level limits involved here. (Now to figure out a better version, once I either get extra TP lying around, tons of in-game money, or some skirmish marks! :P)

Sep 01 2013, 01:30 PM

Ardgytha

This is Ardgytha's rangeresque gear for when she wants to look scruffy and travel without attracting attention.

Crafting: the chest, legs, shoulders, and boots can be made by a tier 3 tailor.

Cosmetics: the Hooded Tattered Cloak is a fairly common sight on the AH and these days is available for < 100s (Landroval).

The gloves are trickier -- they were a Yule Festival reward and came with a full set of tattered pauper clothing, and are (imho) the only really awesome desirable piece in that set. Erm... there's one of this item on the AH right now and they're asking 25g. Nuts to that. For an alternative check out the low-level crafted light armour gloves -- they're plain and won't detract from the outfit.

Dye notes: the armour and leggings are an umber colour and only the trim takes dye. The thigh-guard on the leggings has a dyed edge and a strip up the back. The chest armour has side panels.

The boots come out with violet trim from crafting; snag a cheap umber, olive, or grey dye (you may even have these from the intro quest) and make it more neutral.

The one tricky bit of dyeing is the shoulders and back. I used umber on the shoulders (which also come out violet by default when crafted) to make them neutral. But this scarfy-looking shoulder model interferes with the hood of the cloak around the neck in front and back. It pokes through in places. The solution (because the cloak is a dark colour by default and doesn't take dye well) is to dye both the shoulders and cloak Rivendell green. Then they actually match closely enough that you don't see the pokethrough unless you're looking for it. And unfortunately that's an expensive dye. The alternative would be to play with the regular Hooded Cloak, which dyes more easily, and again figure out which dye makes it and the shoulders avoid conflict.

Sep 01 2013, 02:26 PM

Diego_Alatriste

Thank you.
Recently I´ve been finding myself interested in cosmetics, and there are tons of blogs out there with LOTRO cosmetics but, while they have very good taste and can put together amazing sets, must of those are for 75+chars, obtained from rep or areas or high lvl quests, or bought from the store, or from festivals etc. The point being, not much much that a lowbie character can get.

Not being a stylist myself I´m not sure why that is, maybe the truly amazingly looking stuff only starts showing up after lvl50? or maybe it´s too much of a challenge to try and put together nice sets with what we have (vendors in bree, md, th) for sub 30 lvls. Or maybe the pieces are just not there.

I would love to see more sub 30 stuff like the one you just posted, thanks again!

Sep 01 2013, 07:08 PM

Elym

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Originally Posted by Diego_Alatriste

Not being a stylist myself I´m not sure why that is, maybe the truly amazingly looking stuff only starts showing up after lvl50? or maybe it´s too much of a challenge to try and put together nice sets with what we have (vendors in bree, md, th) for sub 30 lvls. Or maybe the pieces are just not there.

A lot of the good stuff does show up after level 50. If I remember correctly, it was around the release of the Moria expansion that LotRO went F2P, and having good cosmetics helps draw in new customers (not to mention get old ones to spend more money ^^) There are a few low level cosmetic items, more than there used to be, but still not that much that is nice or realistically obtainable for new low level characters (like the Ceremonial ______ items in the skirmish camp that cost something like 200 marks and 70 medallions each.)

Sep 03 2013, 03:44 AM

Valakircka

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Originally Posted by JuanD

An outfit I made a while ago based on the movie's depiction of Strider, this one was published on LOTRO Fashion Nov last year

A lot of the good stuff does show up after level 50. If I remember correctly, it was around the release of the Moria expansion that LotRO went F2P, and having good cosmetics helps draw in new customers (not to mention get old ones to spend more money ^^) There are a few low level cosmetic items, more than there used to be, but still not that much that is nice or realistically obtainable for new low level characters (like the Ceremonial ______ items in the skirmish camp that cost something like 200 marks and 70 medallions each.)

I feel like the Dunland/Isengard sets have the greatest cosmetic look in the game, and these are mostly available as quest rewards. Likewise, the Grey Company set is only available as a quest reward in the 60s. In terms of ranger outfits, some of the crafted items have decent looks (e.g. Westernesse Protector armor).

Also, the crafted elven heavy armor looks nice, and can give you a decent ranger-y outlook when garnished with the right accessories.